Method for curling hair



A ril 9, 1946.

C. J. ALTMAN METHOD FOR CURLING HAIR Filed Sept. 6, 1945 INVENTOR;

Patented Apr. 9, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD FOR CURLINGHAIR Clara J. Altman, Detroit, Mich.

Application September 6, 1945, Serial No. 614,711

1 Claim.

This application relates to the art of curling hair.

A novel method for curling hair will now be described, with reference tothe appended drawing whose Fig. 1 1s a front view and whose Fig. 2 is aside view of a curler, in the form of a flat disc I I of any suitablematerial, such as resilient rubber, about two inches in diameter, andhaving a central hole l2 which may be circular, as shown, or elongated,if desired. A radial slit 13 connects the hole to the edge.

For curling, the operator puts an end of a lock or multiple filamentstrand of hair through the center hole, from back to front of the disc,either by threading it through or by passing it through the slit, andthen rolls the disc up towards the roots of the strand, by flopping thedisc over and over and repeatedly opening up the slit to clear ingmethod herein disclosed,reference should be the lock, or strand, untilthe scalp is reached.

The lock or strand will be curled around that portion [4 of the curleropposite the slit. Finally, the slit is permitted to close, so that thetwo wings l5 of the curler lock behind the strand curled around portion[4 and then the disc is given a 90 turn on its center, in a planeparallel to the scalp, so that the slit is positioned 90 relative fromthe position it occupied during the rolling step, to prevent accidentalseparation of the disc from the curl.

The curler hereof produces a curl of large diameter, considered moredesirable than small diameter curls. In addition, the curler hereof willnot break the hair, as contrasted with other types of curlers now known.

A person wearing as many as necessary of the curlers here disclosed canbe comfortable enough had to the claim which follows.

I claim:

A method for curling hair strands, employing a resilient disc about twoinches in diameter, and formed with a central aperture about one halfinch-in diameter, and having a slit connecting the aperture to the edgeof the disc, comprising (a) thrusting a multiple filament strand of hairthrough the disc from back to front thereof, (b) rolling the disc uptowards the roots of the strand by flopping the disc over and over andrepeatedly opening up the slit to clear the strand until the scalp isreached and finally permitting the slit to close so that the two wingsof the curler look behind the strand, and (0) turning the disc on itscenter, in a plane parallel to the scalp, so that the slit is positioned90 relative to the position it occupied during the rolling step, toprevent accidental separation of the disc from the curl.

CLARA J. ALTMAN.

